Glutamate
☆ WatchMain excitatory neurotransmitter; learning, memory, synaptic plasticity
Too little may be associated with
Cognitive impairment, memory problems
Too much may be associated with
Excitotoxicity, seizures, stroke damage
Informational only — not medical advice.
Stimuli that influence it
- Glutamine (substance)
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) (substance)
- Nicotine (substance)
- Zinc (substance)
Materials
- A Thousand Brains (book)
- Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety (book)
- In Search of Memory (book)
- Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain (book)
- Neuroplasticity (book)
- Neuroscience (textbook) (book)
- Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (book)
- Projections: A Story of Human Emotions (book)
- Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology (book)
- The Brain That Changes Itself (book)
- The Emotional Brain (book)